''Metalectra'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1823.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily

Catocalinae The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae. In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini be ...

within the families

and

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

Species

* '' Metalectra albilinea'' Richards, 1941 * '' Metalectra bigallis'' J.B. Smith, 1908 * '' Metalectra cinctus'' J.B. Smith, 1905 (sometimes spelled ''Metalectra cincta'') * '' Metalectra diabolica'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 – diabolical fungus moth * '' Metalectra discalis'' Grote, 1876 – common fungus moth * '' Metalectra edilis'' J.B. Smith, 1906 * ''

Metalectra geminicincta ''Metalectra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae. Species * ''Metalectra albi ...

'' Schaus, 1916 * '' Metalectra miserulata'' Grote, 1882 * '' Metalectra quadrisignata'' Walker, 1858 – four-spotted fungus moth * '' Metalectra richardsi'' Brower, 1941 – Richards' fungus moth * '' Metalectra tantillus'' Grote, 1875 – black fungus moth

References

* * Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{Boletobiinae-stub